any change or modification of pitch or note
Inflection
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Intonation
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the degree to which the pitch of a note heard is what is correct but not to the degree that the note heard is the wrong note
Half note
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a note half the value of a semibreve see Note Values
Grace note
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ornamental note played quickly before the beat See grace note in Note Symbols
Changing notes
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non harmonic notes; two notes, one that leaves the chord note by a tone or semitone, then leaps to the next non harmonic note…
Note head
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the head, or round part of the note symbol as distinguished from the stem or any other part of the note See note head clef in…
Quarter note
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a note one quarter the time value of a whole note see Note Values
Sharp
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a term applied to a note slightly above its expected pitch, a sign to show that a note should be raised one semitone in pitch…
Sixteenth note
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a note one sixteenth the time value of a whole note see Note Values